User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Safety Information
- Radio Overview
- Controls & Display
- Dual Controls & External Speaker
- General Operation
- 4.1 Basic Operation
- 4.1.1 Turning Power ON and Setting Volume
- 4.1.2 Power-Up Password
- 4.1.3 Speaking into the Microphone
- 4.1.4 Display Backlight Control
- 4.1.5 Display Viewing Angle and Contrast Adjust
- 4.1.6 Zone / Channel Display and Select
- 4.1.7 Setting Squelch Control
- 4.1.8 Transmit Disable
- 4.1.9 Operation At Extended Range
- 4.1.10 Preventing Vehicle Battery Discharge
- 4.1.11 Cleaning the Control Head
- 4.1.12 Radio Service
- 4.2 Operating Modes
- 4.1 Basic Operation
- Radio Wide Features
- 5.1 Option Buttons
- 5.2 Menu Mode
- 5.3 Time-Out Timer
- 5.4 Home Channel Select
- 5.5 Power Output Select
- 5.6 Alert Tone Select
- 5.7 Power Turn-Off Delay
- 5.8 Horn Alert
- 5.9 Microphone Off-Hook Detect
- 5.10 Surveillance Mode
- 5.11 Public Address
- 5.12 Scanning
- 5.13 Scan Lists
- 5.14 Global Positioning System (GPS)
- 5.15 Over the Air Programming
- Conventional Features
- 6.1 Monitoring Before Transmitting
- 6.2 Monitor Mode
- 6.3 Busy Channel Lockout
- 6.4 Call Guard Squelch
- 6.5 Penalty Timer
- 6.6 Conversation Timer
- 6.7 Repeater Talk-Around
- 6.8 Displaying Transmit / Receive Frequency
- 6.9 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 6.10 Conventional Mode Channel Scanning
- 6.11 Standard Conventional Calls
- 6.12 DTMF / ANI Signaling
- 6.13 Project 25 Mode Features
- 6.13.1 Digital Unit ID
- 6.13.2 Talkgroup ID
- 6.13.3 Network Access Code (NAC)
- 6.13.4 EFJohnson System Out of Range Indicator
- 6.13.5 EFJohnson System Automatic Registration
- 6.13.6 P25 Group Calls
- 6.13.7 P25 Unit Calls
- 6.13.8 P25 Conventional Telephone Calls
- 6.13.9 Call Alert
- 6.13.10 Call History
- 6.13.11 Messaging
- 6.13.12 Status Messaging
- 6.13.13 P25 Packet Data
- 6.14 Keypad Programming
- 6.15 Text Messaging
- 6.16 Sending Global Positioning System (GPS) Data
- SMARTNET / SmartZone / P25 Trunked Features
- 7.1 Analog and Digital Operation
- 7.2 Viewing Unit ID
- 7.3 Standard Group Calls
- 7.4 Private (Unit-To-Unit) Calls
- 7.5 Telephone Calls
- 7.6 Call Alert
- 7.7 Messaging
- 7.8 Sending Status Conditions
- 7.9 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 7.10 Failsoft Operation
- 7.11 SMARTNET / SmartZone / P25 Trunked Scanning Features
- 7.12 Dynamic Regrouping
- 7.13 SmartZone and P25 Trunking Unique Features
- 7.13.1 Busy Override
- 7.13.2 Site Trunking
- 7.13.3 Determining Current Site and Searching for a New Site
- 7.13.4 Locking / Unlocking a Site
- 7.13.5 Auto Site Search
- 7.13.6 ZoneFail Site Lock
- 7.13.7 P25 Wide Area Scan
- 7.13.8 Normal P25 and SmartZone Control Channel Hunt
- 7.13.9 Talkgroup Steering through System Access Permissions
- 7.13.10 P25 Wide Area Scan
- 7.13.11 Radio Information
- Secure Communication (Encryption)
- 8.1 Encryption Algorithms
- 8.2 Encryption Keys
- 8.3 Clear / Secure Strapping
- 8.4 Security Settings Override
- 8.4.1 Conventional (P25) Talkgroup Security Override
- 8.4.2 Secure Call Behavior
- 8.4.2.1 Failsoft, Group Regroup or Dynamic Regroup Call
- 8.4.2.2 Channel with only a Talkgroup Specified
- 8.4.2.3 Channel with both a Talkgroup and Announcement Group Specified
- 8.4.2.4 Channel with only an Announcement Group Specified
- 8.4.2.5 Announcement Group Call
- 8.4.2.6 Emergency Calls on Emergency Groups
- 8.4.3 Scan Mode Behavior
- 8.5 Over-The-Air Rekeying (OTAR)
- 8.6 Radio Setup For Encryption
- 8.7 Radio OTAR Capabilities
- Data Features
- Tones & Error Messages
- Service Information
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Conventional Features
Note The channel spacing is not set with P25 channels because it is always narrow, and the
squelch cannot be changed because the setting is critical for proper receiver operation.
SQ ADJUST (Analog Only) - Changes the preset squelch setting on that channel. The
default setting is “0” and values of –7 to +7 can be selected. Increasing this setting
toward +7 causes the squelch to open sooner so that weaker signals can be received, and
decreasing it toward –7 causes the opposite to occur.
TG ID (P25 Only) - Selects the talkgroup for the selected channel. Rotate the Select
switch to display the alias of each preprogrammed talkgroup and then press it to store
the desired talkgroup. A single beep sounds when the switch is pressed (if that option is
selected).
Transmit Type (P25 Mixed Mode Only) - If the selected channel is a mixed mode,
analog and P25 channel, this selects the transmit type. Either Analog or Digital (P25)
can be selected. This then determines if a Tx Code or Tx NAC is programmed above.
6.15 Text Messaging
If enabled, mobile radios have text message receiving capability (digital conventional
mode only).
Note Mobile radios can receive text messages, but cannot transmit them. All received messages
are limited to 200 characters.
6.15.1 Data Setup for Text Messaging
A mobile subscriber can receive a text message from another subscriber on a digital
conventional channel regardless of whether the channel uses a repeater.
The radio’s text message menu contains the item “Set R to R”. The default for this setting
is enabled, in which the following capabilities are operable:
• A text message can be received from radios on a simplex digital channel
• A text message can be received from radios on a digital channel with a repeater (if
repeater talk-around is enabled)
• The repeater in use is programmed for Repeated Data mode (not supported by EFJ 2600
repeaters)
Draft 4/29/2014